When the Taliban captured Kabul in 1996 after a searing, four-year civil war, they immediately instituted laws which fit their utopic vision… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as being injured by a landmine or the Taliban; I was injured by ignorance and hatred. When people… — Giles Duley Copy Share Image
“But the average Kabuli was prepared to sacrifice some liberty for greater security and a measure of dignity. That's what the Taliban… — Marc Vachon Copy Share Image
A key flaw of the Obama administration's approach to Afghanistan has been constantly announcing proposed withdrawal dates for U.S. forces, which has… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons." Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who was shot… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
It is no secret that many Islamic movements in the Middle East tend to be authoritarian, and some of the so-called 'Islamic… — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am not against anyone, neither am I here to speak in terms of personal revenge against the Taliban or any other… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea,… — Foster Friess Copy Share Image
Where land mines are indiscriminate, cheap, and brutal, drones are discriminate, expensive, and brutal. And yet they are insufficiently discriminate: the assassination… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
When I read about women living under the Taliban, I really wanted to travel there and see for myself: Is it that… — Lynsey Addario Copy Share Image
If the Taliban comes back to power, the impact would be devastating. A country that has made great strides, in terms of… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
Women and children were slaughtered by the Taliban. You are going to sit down and negotiate with these folks? They never lived… — Mike Rogers Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan you are not rebuilding, you are building. There is very limited infrastructure and extreme terrain, with deserts in the south… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
It's being made out that the whole point of the war was to topple the Taliban regime and liberate Afghan women from… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
The dangers of an Afghan collapse are many: Afghan deaths, a loss of American prestige, a loss of NATO prestige, a moral… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam [Hussein],… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan,… — Alcee Hastings Copy Share Image
Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to the Afghans… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There [in Afghanistan] is also a growing insurgency threat from al-Qaida, the Taliban and other extremist elements, some of which comes from… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
I don't think you can rely on Iran. I don't think you can rely on other radicals like the Taliban. They dispatched… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
Pakistan's political leadership needs to make a clear choice to fight the Taliban decisively, not with half measures, the burden is on… — Bruce Riedel Copy Share Image
The American expeditionary force would easily rout the Taliban in a conventional war - which is why there would not be one.… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Thousands of civilians have lost their lives to terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, and thousands more will - because, unlike the Pakistani government,… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
If American forces leave Afghanistan, the Taliban is going to do what to America? Don't say you're worried about what they will… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I happen to be one of those in the antiwar part of things who actually supported Bill Clinton when he sent the… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
For many people in the west, Afghanistan is synonymous with the Soviet war and the Taliban. I wanted to remind people that… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Reconciling with an adversary that can be as brutal as the Taliban sounds distasteful, even unimaginable. And diplomacy would be easy if… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I think every religious person should have a deep sense of respect for other people's religious documents and religious symbols just as… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
The story of Taliban recovery and resurgence begins in the places where they took refuge after 2001. And as long as those… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
The young boys I speak with say to me: Why would I want to live in this world - where they rely… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
Barack Obama said he may negotiate with the Taliban. A lot of people are saying okay, but be careful. But I said… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
In the early 2009, a campaign plan developed by Petraeus and General McChrystal to defeat the Taliban, they required a minimum force… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
The Taliban outlawed wearing polish in the late 1990s, punishing some offenders by amputating a fingertip. Importing polish was banned only in… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Hurtling the Pentagon into an unprecedented budgetary meltdown is horrifically irresponsible. Obama doesn't care. This is war - not against the Taliban,… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
We're told to go on living our lives as usual, because to do otherwise is to let the terrorists win, and really,… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
It seems perverse to focus too much on the casualties or hardship in Afghanistan ...[Showing the misery of Afghanistan ran the risk… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
We didn't have an indigenous Taliban before 2008. We didn't have a war in Swat before 2008, we didn't have a war… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
![“God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam [Hussein], which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them.” quote by George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/79f/george-w-bush-64_als_god-told-me-to-strike-at-al-qaeda-and-i_2675858.jpg)
![“There [in Afghanistan] is also a growing insurgency threat from al-Qaida, the Taliban and other extremist elements, some of which comes from the tribal areas of Pakistan, as well as from the Northwest Frontier province and Baluchistan.” quote by David Petraeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5ae/david-petraeus-11182_afghanistan_there-in-afghanistan-is-also-a-growing-i_91852.jpg)
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